Fox News: Arizona firefighters remove boa constrictor from pickup truck: 'Unusual call'

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Arizona firefighters remove boa constrictor from pickup truck: 'Unusual call'

The Scottsdale Fire Department responded to an odd call on Wednesday after a man discovered a large boa constrictor sticking its head out from under his pickup truck.......                    ...                        ...Firefighters in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login responded to an unusual call on Wednesday after a driver noticed a large snake sticking out from under his pickup truck.......Aaron Ricks, who was driving from Mesa to Scottsdale, called the nonemergency police line after he parked and noticed a large snake – identified as a boa constrictor – sticking its head out from under his truck, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......."I thought it was a grocery bag or some sort of plastic. Maybe I ran over something," he told the outlet. "So I walked back over to the truck to see what it was, and was totally shocked to see this big ol' snake looking down and looking right back at me."......Police transferred Ricks to the Scottsdale Fire Department and firefighters answered the call.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Once they arrived at Ricks' truck, the fire department said crew members "carefully removed the vehicle's undercarriage skid plate" in order to access and remove the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The snake was not harmed during the removal and was turned over to the Arizona Herpetological Society, the department said.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Mason Brill of the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login told FOX 10 the snake might have suffered a minor burn from being so close to the truck's motor, but there were no major injuries......."A lot of times when animals go into engines, it's never good," Brill said. "They get caught in a belt or they get essentially cooked, so this girl is pretty unscathed. Maybe she has a minor burn right here, but nothing too serious."......If the snake is You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login which is what the fire department suggested based on her appearance, Brill said they can contact the sanctuary to arrange for pickup. ......If an owner doesn't come forward, the snake will live the rest of her life at the sanctuary if she can't be adopted out....

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